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 China will work closely with Egypt in a bid to boost infrastructure construction in Egypt, president Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping have announced.   The two leaders agreed to work together in a bid to enhance growth in the infrastructure sector of the count . . .

 The East African Community (EAC) has been cited as one of the growing blocs amongst the Regional Economic Communities (REC) in sub-Saharan Africa.   The Brookings Institution in its recent Foresight Africa 2016 report on regional integration in sub-Saharan Africa, said the EAC has imple . . .

 Africa and China have signed a US$3.3bn deal to build a new transshipment port around 60km west of Algiers portconstruction washingtonstatedeptoftransportation flickrAlgeria as a trade hub is rising in importance in East Africa, making it viable to build a port. (Image source: Washington Stat . . .

 The construction of the US$ 31m Port Reitz/Moi International Airport Access Road in Mombasa, Kenya has finally been launched by President Uhuru Kenyatta and is expected to ease traffic by allowing faster flow of goods.   The project which is being implemented by the Kenya National Highw . . .

 Egypt banks on president Xi Jinping’s visit later this month to boost its infrastructure network seen as a key driver of the economy. A number of agreements that will align the economic interests and development goals of China and Egypt are expected to be signed when Mr Jinping visits Ca . . .